December 1784

Anno 25o Georgii Tertii.

DIE Jovis, 2o Decembris 1784.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of
the Parliament."

Then Three of the Lords Commissioners being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right
Hand, and the Lord Privy Seal on his Left, commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, to let the
Commons know, "The Lords Commissioners desire
their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear
the Commission read."

Who being come, the Commission was read by the
Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

GEORGE R.

Commission for proroguing the Parliament.

George the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth; to Our most dear Son
and faithful Counsellor, George Prince of Wales, Our
most dear Brothers and faithful Counsellors, William
Duke of Gloucester, Henry Duke of Cumberland, the
most Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful
Counsellor, John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate
and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved
and faithful Counsellor, Edward Lord Thurlow, Our
Chancellor of Great Britain; the most Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful Counsellor William
Archbishop of York, Primate and Metropolitan of
England; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors,
Granville Earl Gower, President of Our Council,
and Keeper of Our Privy Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our Household; Edward Duke of
Somerset, Charles Duke of Richmond, Augustus Henry
Duke of Grafton, Harry Duke of Bolton, Thomas
Duke of Leeds, George Duke of Marlborough, Charles
Duke of Rutland, William Henry Duke of Portland,
George Duke of Manchester, John Frederick Duke of
Dorset, Henry Duke of Newcastle, Hugh Duke of
Northumberland, George Duke of Montagu, James
Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household;
Edward Earl of Derby, Francis Earl of Huntingdon,
Basil Earl of Denbigh, Philip Earl of Chesterfield,
John Earl of Sandwich, Frederick Earl of Carlisle,
George Bussy Earl of Jersey, George James Earl of
Cholmondeley, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, William Earl
of Dartmouth, Charles Earl of Tankerville, Heneage
Earl of Aylesford, George Earl of Pomfret, John Earl
of Ashburnham, Thomas Earl of Effingham, John Earl
of Buckinghamshire, George Earl Temple, Francis Earl
of Hertford, Charles Earl Cornwallis, Philip Earl of
Hardwicke, Robert Earl of Northington, Henry Earl
Bathurst, Wills Earl of Hillsborough, Thomas Earl of
Ailesbury, Thomas Earl of Clarendon, William Earl of
Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us; George Earl of Leicester, George Viscount
Townshend, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, David Viscount Stormont, George Viscount Mount Edgcumbe
and Valletort, George Viscount Sackville, Richard Viscount Howe, Augustus Viscount Keppel, the Right
Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful Counsellor, Robert Lord Bishop of London, Our well-beloved
and faithful Counsellors Francis Lord Osborne, One
of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Thomas Lord
Sydney, One other of Our Principal Secretaries of
State; George Lord Onslow, William Lord Ponsonby,
William Lord Wycombe, Thomas Lord Grantham,
Thomas Lord Pelham, Charles Lord Camden, John
Lord Cardiff, Jeffery Lord Amherst, Alexander
Lord Loughborough, Chief Justice of Our Court of
Common Pleas; Thomas Lord Walsingham, Fletcher
Lord Grantley, and Henry Frederick Lord Cartaret,
Greeting: Whereas, We did lately, for divers difficult and pressing Affairs concerning Us, the State
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and
the Church, ordain this Our present Parliament, to
begin and to be held at Our City of Westminster,
the Eighteenth Day of May last past, on which Day
Our said Parliament was begun and held, and from
thence was adjourned and prorogued to, and until
Thursday the Second Day of December next, then to
be held and sit at Our City of Westminster aforesaid:
Know Ye nevertheless, that for certain pressing Causes
and Considerations, Us especially moving, We have
thought fit further to prorogue Our said Parliament;
therefore We confiding very much in Your Fidelity,
Prudence, and Circumspection, have by the Advice
and Consent of Our Council, assigned You Our
Commissioners, giving to You or to any Three or
more of You, by Virtue of these Presents full Power
and Authority, from the said Second Day of December next, in Our Name further to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid, until and unto Tuesday the Twenty-fifth Day of January now next following, there then
to be held and sit; and therefore We command
You, that You diligently attend to the Premises,
and effectually fulfil them in the Manner aforesaid:
We also strictly command all and singular, Our
Archbishops, Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, Viscounts,
Bishops, Barons, Knights, Citizens, Burgesses, and
Commissioners for Our Counties and Boroughs,
and all others whom it concerns, to meet at Our
said Parliament by Virtue of these Presents, that
they observe, obey, and assist You, in executing
the Premises, as they ought to do. In Witness
whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patent.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth Day of November, in the Twenty-fifth
Year of Our Reign.

By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.

"Yorke."

Then the Lord Chancellor said,

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

Parliament Prorogued.

"By Virtue of His Majesty's Commission under the
Great Seal, to Us and other Lords directed, and now
read, We do in His Majesty's Name, and in Obedience to His Commands, Prorogue this Parliament to
Tuesday the Twenty-fifth Day of January next, to be
then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly
Prorogued to Tuesday the Twenty-fifth Day of January next."